2025-01-30

DONETSK - As a young reporter, Arnaud De Decker toured Ukraine, a country torn apart by the biggest war on the European continent since World War II.

He met construction workers, students and teachers who suddenly became soldiers, and women and children who had to miss their loved ones. He saw how a free country with big dreams turn into a nation in survival mode, where fear and grief went hand in hand with resilience and hope.

This book (in Dutch) is not only a collection of the stories he heard along the way, but also a behind-the-scenes look at a journalist's journey deeper and deeper into war.

A raw and honest story about loss, courage and the human side of war - and how sometimes, as a journalist, you stop being a mere spectator.

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Arnaud De Decker

Arnaud De Decker (°1995) is a Belgian journalist and international reporter.

Arnaud De Decker
Supported
€6,000 allocated on 20/09/2024
ID
FPD/2024/2221

BOOK

EVENTS

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COUNTRIES

  • Oekraïne
  • Rusland

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